Al Nims wrote: >I would also optionally suggest, file #314 from cbttape.org, this >contains Lionel Dyck's TXT2PDF REXX exec and others that execute >on the mainframe.
Al has a great idea here. Try doing this, or something substantially similar. For example, if you have CICS, CICS SupportPac CA1Y with Apache FOP (as explained in the documentation accompanying CA1Y) is a substantially similar approach. And here's another idea: stop killing trees! Hand the recipient an iPad, for example, with his/her PDF report. Then the printer could stay broken. Or at least offer modern choices to your users, in this case "Paper or Plastic?" If you want to generate the PDFs, store them securely (in DB2 for example), and make them Web/mobile retrievable, you can do that, too. I've just described the core functions in IBM Content Manager OnDemand for z/OS, actually (to pick a notable example). In 2013 the world's consumption of paper products hit its all-time peak, last I checked, and finally, at long last, the paperless office is emerging. How about joining that party together with the rest of the world? Venkat, this could be your shining moment! :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
